Reading Company Technical & Historical Society

Stamp Of Approval. As part of celebrating train travel, the US Postal Service issued 5 commemorative forever stamps recognizing "Five Railroad Stations that Helped Bind the Nation"... (more)

Reading & Northern 425 coasts downgrade as it nears Tamaqua on a cloudy October afternoon.

The North Reading Fast Freight splits the signals at the 99 milepost as it approaches downtown Tamaqua, PA.

The West Hazelton Fast Freight shatters the silence in downtown Tamaqua as they prepare to make a set-off in the yard before heading to Port Clinton.

Reading & Northern 425 enters Tamaqua with the second train of the day.

After being delayed by a fallen tree, Reading & Northern 425 roars past a rock outcropping at Reynolds.

Reading & Northern 425 creates a large plume of smoke as she toughs out a winter downpour.

Reading & Northern 425 races downgrade as it nears Tamaqua.

Reading 2102 tears through Tamaqua on a gloomy November morning.

R&N Passenger Steam, Take 2! On October 8, 2022, a trip to the Reading & Northern Railroad to catch former Reading Railroad 4-8-4 T-1 RBMN 2102 running with a passenger train did not work o... (more)

Absolutely screaming out of the Tamaqua tunnel, RBMN 2102 heads into a thin patch of fog while thundering upgrade towards Jim Thorpe.

Fall Foliage Beware!!!!! The remaining colorful leaves on the trackside trees are about to get a test of strength as they are about to be blasted by the exhaust of former Reading T-1 #2102 as i... (more)

Reading Northern 2102 rolling north to Jim Thorpe

RBMN 270 making the WYE movement at Nesquehoning Junction with remnants of Fall Foliage peaking through.